Jay sits down with 3 Bariatric Patients who have had wildly different experiences: 2 Sleeves and a Bypass. Melinda Graham Rich, Jen Clemens, and Kerry Sweeney-Stein join Jay to discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of Weight Loss Surgery. Such topics as excess gas, NSAIDS, and eating all of your son&apos;s popcorn. feat.Dr. Kashif AnwarMusic by Jared Mancuso Sponsored by C3-Comprehensive Cranium Care- www.cranium.care<a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast">Support the show</a> (http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast)

Balls (Bariatric Interlude)

It started as a weight loss podcast, which quickly became a mental health podcast, which somehow became a pandemic podcast.  Jay, your host  (anxiety/depression/OCD/childhood trauma/family addiction)  lost 185 lbs after having bariatric surgery.  Guests have ranged from actor Ken Marino to a woman you have never heard of who lost 250 lbs, to a recovering addict, to essential workers during COVID-19. In 2020, the show became daily and ran for 100 episodes in 100 days. The culmination of everything The Lighter Side strove to be, Jay created an oral history of the pandemic, as told through the voices of the people who lived through it. There's something for everyone on the Lighter Side.